The Growth of Italian Cooperatives: Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility

ISBN-13: 9780367734909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str.

Piero Ammirato

Opis

The Growth of Italian Cooperatives: Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility comprehensively explains how the Italian cooperative sector has managed to compete in the market and grow even during the global financial crisis. This volume sets out to explain how cooperatives have managed to compete in a socially responsible way and in align

Spis treści

Foreword

1. Introduction








2. The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and







promoting cooperative principles












3. Central Associations: leadership and economic development











4. Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks











5. Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion











6. From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model?











7. Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives











8. Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis











9. Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities







before profits












10. Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision











11. Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy

O autorze

Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.